DreiKaiserBund vs. Everyone else

What will be the outcome?

  • "League of Three Emperors" ultimately win

    Votes: 17 54.8%
  • Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia sue for peace and surrender

    Votes: 3 9.7%
  • Stalemate

    Votes: 11 35.5%

  • Total voters
    31
In a hypothetical WWI with Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia on one side, while Britain, France, Italy, Ottoman Empire, Japan, and United States on the other one, who will win?

Let's assume the following scenario:

A strong alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia scares the shit out of everyone else, so the USA took a much more pro-Entente stance even years before the War. When the WWI started, the USA quickly send her forces to Europe since Germany will throw her full weight toward France. The American Expeditionary Forces arrived at Northern France at the same time as their British and Canadian counterparts.
Meanwhile, the combined American-Japanese forces attack Russian Far East, while the British Expeditionary Forces are helping the Ottomans to defend the Caucasus.
 
So Germany traded the Ottoman Empire for Russia? Hell of a good tradeoff, I say. That will allow them to steamroll through France in no time, with most of their forces deployed to the west. The USA has only so many transport ships, they couldn't have deployed enough divisions in time. Ottomans might make some trouble in the Balkans, but not much, and they'd be having problems of their own in the Caucasus as well. The Russian Far East might fall, but that's not where the war would be decided. Should France fall, Germany could throw divisions at the Ottomans and knock them out next, while the Russian steamroller could roll eastwards and push back the invaders into the sea. Germany had many chances to win the OTL war already; this is much easier even with the USA there at the start.
 

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In the end the Three Emperor's League would dominate on Land, but the Anglo- Americans would rule on the sea. I think it might be a stalemate or the Emperors beating Italy, France and Ottomans, but getting White Peace with Britain, US and Japan.
 
In the end the Three Emperor's League would dominate on Land, but the Anglo- Americans would rule on the sea. I think it might be a stalemate or the Emperors beating Italy, France and Ottomans, but getting White Peace with Britain, US and Japan.

The problem is that the land supremacy of the League is so much that the Entente will pass on a defensive stance waiting american reinforcement as standard strategy (basically the French throw away the possibility of an attack always way of thinking)...and in a WWI like scenario the League army can basically dry themselfs and obtaining in the end a general white peace or some minor concession to safe face
 
This reminds me of a video game Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance versus the Atlantic Federation
 
The problem is that the land supremacy of the League is so much that the Entente will pass on a defensive stance waiting american reinforcement as standard strategy (basically the French throw away the possibility of an attack always way of thinking)...and in a WWI like scenario the League army can basically dry themselfs and obtaining in the end a general white peace or some minor concession to safe face

This does not matter. As I said, the American troops will need time to arrive. In addition, Germany has more enough to blow through even an ultra-defensive Entente defense in France. I read that even in 1918, when there were tons of Americans in the West already, and Germany's army was almost bled out, they very nearly managed to achieve a decisive breakthrough by redeploying forces from the Eastern front... while they didn't even redeploy all spare forces (tens of divisions were still having fun in the East playing Let's Cripple Soviet Russia). Also, since the most important parts of the war (knocking out France and Serbia and defending the Far East) are fought on the land, the navies' only roles would be protecting the home islands of the UK and Japan, and perhaps defending the Bosphorus and Dardanelles (but there's the Caucasus, which is well defensible but probably a low priority for the Entente).
 
This does not matter. As I said, the American troops will need time to arrive. In addition, Germany has more enough to blow through even an ultra-defensive Entente defense in France. I read that even in 1918, when there were tons of Americans in the West already, and Germany's army was almost bled out, they very nearly managed to achieve a decisive breakthrough by redeploying forces from the Eastern front... while they didn't even redeploy all spare forces (tens of divisions were still having fun in the East playing Let's Cripple Soviet Russia). Also, since the most important parts of the war (knocking out France and Serbia and defending the Far East) are fought on the land, the navies' only roles would be protecting the home islands of the UK and Japan, and perhaps defending the Bosphorus and Dardanelles (but there's the Caucasus, which is well defensible but probably a low priority for the Entente).

There were not Tons of americans and frankly we are not talking of WWIII or the war of the six days, here the time is measured in months so yes there is pleanty of time for them to arrive, the spring offensive of 1918 was just a pipe dream of the German general staff who basically burn up her last troops in a vain effort as even if succesfull the offensive will had not knouk out France or even bring her on the negotiation table.
Unless there are lot of reform in A-H and Russia more time pass and more they become a drag for the Germans as this country are not politically and socially suited for a long modern industrial war
 
There were not Tons of americans and frankly we are not talking of WWIII or the war of the six days, here the time is measured in months so yes there is pleanty of time for them to arrive, the spring offensive of 1918 was just a pipe dream of the German general staff who basically burn up her last troops in a vain effort as even if succesfull the offensive will had not knouk out France or even bring her on the negotiation table.
Unless there are lot of reform in A-H and Russia more time pass and more they become a drag for the Germans as this country are not politically and socially suited for a long modern industrial war

Still, the possibility of winning the only German front against France is too much of a win. Imagine that without the drain on the eastern front victories (which benefits Russia too, given that the Red Revolution was sparked by Russian ineffectiveness and the massive strings of losses in the Eastern Front) Germany would be able to direct all her effort in France. Possibly, a quick Schlieffen plan would be able to knock out France early.
 
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